Improvement in stocking-supporters



J-v D. BANPIELD. Stocking-Supporter.

No. 197,587. Patented Nov. 27, I877.'

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' I ve i UNITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

JULIA D. BANFIELD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOCKING-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 197.587, dated November 27, 1877; application filed June 22, 1877.

space for the reception of the hips; also, in"

such a belt provided with connecting-piece of elastic web at the spaces to receive the hips.

Figures 1 and .2 represent, in perspective, stocking-supportersprovidedwithmyimprovements; and Fig. 3 shows the waistband extended.

The waistband A (see Fig. 2) is composed of a back portion, a, and two front portions, 1) 0. The back portion has two, and each front portion has one, depending piece, a, which are joined together at f, thereby leaving spaces 9 between the end and back portions for the reception of the hips. Such spaces prevent the waistband from being drawn out-of position around the body.

The edges h iare connected together by means of one or more elastic bands,j, which yield to the movement of the hips. The portions 6, forming parts of the back piece, rest 'upon the back of the hips diagonally, and

' greatly relieve the more sensitive portions of the body from pressure.

The waistband is provided with a removable hook, k, or a button, I, with which is engaged a loop, m, which supports the strap to which are connected the stockin g-engaging attachments n, of any suitable or well-known kind. One long strip is preferred, as at 0, it being free to move backward and forward over a roller to be placed upon the loop. Slides or equivalents p adjust the length of the strips. At the hip portion of the band I connect a strap, 0, havingan eye or ring adapted to engage a hook or button on any part of the wt der-clothing or a waist.

I claim 1. The waistband composed of front and back portions, shaped as shown, to fit the hips,

in combination with bands to connect such portions at the hips, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the waist-belt, of I the straps 1', adapted to be connected with a garment above the waistband, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JULIA D. BANFIELD. Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, S. B. KIDDER. 

